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Sirens (1993) John Duigan, Hugh Grant

rarefilm — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:46:37 +0000

A young reverend and his wife are on the way from England to Australia to minister to their flock. The bishop asks him to visit an eccentric artist prone to sexual depictions and requests that he voluntarily withdraw a controversial work call “Crucified Venus” from his show. The minister, who considers himself a progressive, is shocked at the amoral atmosphere surrounding the painter, his wife, and the three models living at his estate. The minister’s wife is troubled also, and has to deal with latent sexual urges while trying to remain loyal to her husband.

Director: John Duigan

Stars: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill

Also Known As (AKA): Sereias, Verführung der Sirenen, O Encanto das Sereias

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File Name : Sirens 1994.mkv
File Size : 1.93 GB / 1973.47 MB
Resolution : 1024×552
Duration : 01:30:14
Video : AVC, 2 640 kb/s, 25.000 FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 2 streams

Quality: BRRip
Language: English, commenatry (2 separate audio tracks)
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Australia, United Kingdom
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sirens_1994.mkv
Sirens_1994.srt

The Journey of August King (1995) John Duigan, Jason Patric, Thandie Newton, Larry Drake

rarefilm — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 22:22:26 +0000

The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need for the coming year. On his journey, he comes upon a run-away slave, a 17 year old young woman and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or leave her to be hunted down and,ultimately, returned to her slave owner. But the drama turns into a question of whether either soul will gain freedom.

Also Known As (AKA): Amor e Liberdade, Weg der Träume, Il Viaggio Di August, El viaje de August King

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File Name : The Journey Of August King.avi
File Size : 821.53 MB
Resolution : 640×352
Duration : 01:28:37

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English, Russian (2 tracks)
Country: USA
Genres: Drama

The_Journey_Of_August_King.avi

Winter of Our Dreams (1981) John Duigan, Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Cathy Downes

rarefilm — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:24:47 +0000

When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of his former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friends diary, she discovers she’s repeating her mistakes.

Also Known As (AKA): O Inverno dos Nossos Sonhos, El suicidio de Lisa Blaine, Der Winter unserer Träume

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File Name : Winter of Our Dreams 1981.mkv
File Size : 1.28 GB / 1309.92 MB
Resolution : 718×552 @ 1022×552
Duration : 01:25:51
Video : AVC, 1 707 kb/s, 25.000 FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 2 streams

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English + commentary
Country: Australia
Genres: Drama, Romance

Winter_of_Our_Dreams_1981.mkv

Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) John Duigan, Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward

rarefilm — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 23:10:36 +0000

A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an old secret regarding her childhood and her mother. Slowly, this secret begins to erode this perfect relationship and, perhaps, her mother’s story will begin again…with her.

Also Known As (AKA): Sargasso Sea – Im Meer der Leidenschaft, Fiamme di passione, Mar de Desejos, El gran mar de los Sargazos

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File Name : Wide.Sargasso.Sea.avi
File Size : 899.64 MB
Resolution : 688×368
Duration : 01:38:28
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 1 140 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : MPEG Audio, 128 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: Australia
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller

Wide.Sargasso.Sea.avi

Lawn Dogs (1997) John Duigan, Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton

rarefilm — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:48:58 +0000

Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn’t quite fit in. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who mows the estate’s lawns, rather than of the girls her own age. Their friendship grows during her visits to his trailer home, but although it is completely innocent it is obvious that it would be unacceptable to the residents if they found out.

Also Known As (AKA): Inocência Rebelde, Heimliche Freunde, Inocencia rebelde

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File Name : Lawn.Dogs.1997.mkv
File Size : 1641.83 MB
Resolution : 718×346 @ 638×346
Duration : 01:40:50
Video : AVC, 2 039 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: UK
Genres: Drama

Lawn.Dogs.1997.mkv

One Night Stand (1984) John Duigan, Tyler Coppin, Cassandra Delaney, Jay Hackett

rarefilm — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:30:08 +0000

In Australia, four teenagers in the Sydney Opera House are horrified to hear the news that nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. They try to figure out the best way they can survive the coming conflagration. At the film’s end, it is left uncertain whether Sydney will be hit by nuclear weapons, although the US spy facility at Pine Gap has been obliterated.

Also Known As (AKA): Rencontre d’une nuit, Die letzte Nacht

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File Name : One Night Stand 1984.mkv
File Size : 1265.79 MB
Resolution : 704×470 @ 628×470
Duration : 01:33:31

Quality: VHSRip
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

One_Night_Stand_1984.mkv

The Year My Voice Broke (1987) John Duigan, Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn

rarefilm — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:45:49 +0000

In 1962, a prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love, an older girl, blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, setting off a chain of events that irreversibly changes the lives of everyone involved.

Also Known As (AKA): O Ano em que Minha Voz Quebrou, Australian Graffiti, Das Jahr meiner ersten Liebe

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File Name : The Year My Voice Broke 1987.avi
File Size : 1400.67 MB
Resolution : 640×352
Duration : 01:40:29

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance

The_Year_My_Voice_Broke_1987.avi

Flirting (1991) John Duigan, Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman

rarefilm — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:02:40 +0000

Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequel to The Year My Voice Broke. Against a backdrop of bullying and sadistic teachers Danny strikes up an affair with an African girl, Thandiwe, studying at a nearby girl’s school. Their affair blossoms while everyone tries to stop it. Nicole Kidman also appears as a sexually repressed senior at Thandiwe’s school.

Also Known As (AKA): Flertando: Aprendendo a Viver, Spiel mit der Liebe, A Idade das Emoções, La primera experiencia

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File Name : Flirting.1991.mkv
File Size : 1609.79 MB
Resolution : 718×468 @ 850×468
Duration : 01:39:04

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Flirting.1991.mkv

Dimboola (1979) John Duigan, Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies, Comedy, Drama

rarefilm — Fri, 12 May 2017 23:13:52 +0000

Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception.

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File Name : Dimboola.mkv
File Size : 1358.17 MB
Resolution : 688×374 @ 878×374
Duration : 01:25:11
Video : AVC (AVC), 25.000 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 224 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 2 streams

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Dimboola.mkv

Mouth to Mouth (1978) John Duigan, Kim Krejus, Sonia Peat, Ian Gilmour, Drama

rarefilm — Fri, 12 May 2017 12:08:20 +0000

An edgy urban drama, Mouth to Mouth follows the lives of four young people, desperate to carve out a better existence in a harsh and unforgiving world. Embittered by their current living situation and general lack of opportunity, Carrie (Kim Krejus) and Jeanie (Sonia Peat) escape from a juvenile home and make tracks to begin life anew in the big city.They establish themselves in an abandoned factory and juggle the every day concerns of poverty, alienation and the greater expectations of society. Hungry for food and friendship, the girls invite two young men,who are looking for work, to live with them. With newcommers Tim (Ian Gilmour) and Sergio (Serge Frazetto) on the scene, the four outcasts forge a formidable bond, fueled by desperation and loneliness. With Carrie and Jeanie resorting to a life punctuated by petty theft and the boys getting by on free flowing government wellfare payments, their communal existence is defined by a diet of sex, alcohol and growing disillusionment. A compassionate and engaging trip to the outer-edge of youthful discovery, from award-winning filmmaker John Duigan (The Year My Voice Broke, Sirens) – Mouth To Mouth is presented in a brand new widescreen transfer, capturing an era with raw intensity and reflecting the courage of friendship in an ever-changing social landscape.

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File Name : Mouth to Mouth 1978.mkv
File Size : 1474.67 MB
Resolution : 720×562 @ 1024×562
Duration : 01:33:09
Video : AVC (AVC), 2 020 Kbps, 25.000 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Drama

Mouth_to_Mouth_1978.mkv